by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
The man in the wilderness asked of me
Language: English
The man in the wilderness asked of me, How many strawberries grow in the sea? I answered him, as I thought good: "As many red herrings as grow in the wood."
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Text Authorship:
- by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936), no title, from "Child Psychology and Nonsense" in the Illustrated London News on October 15, first published 1921 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "In My Own Nursery", 2005 [baritone and piano], from Drolleries and Wisdom, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-02
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